Run Your Own Race | Beyond the Workbench #26

Chasing someone else's success is a losing game. In Episode 26, Odin and Magnus get into what it actually looks like to measure your business on the right terms and the right timeframe.

The episode covers a summer check-in, corporate leather classes as a revenue stream, and why the front door of a retail shop tells you almost nothing about how a business is actually doing. Magnus brings in a concept from a leadership book he is reading about finite versus infinite games. There is no finish line in business, no single winner, no point where you stop. Odin frames it his own way: success is a river, not a pie.

The back half gets honest. Both hosts admit they move past wins almost immediately and find it easier to celebrate other people than themselves. There is also a useful moment about pricing: building a simple formula that makes custom work easier for the customer to understand and easier for you to quote.

TIMESTAMPS:
01:01 - Summer Schedules and Routines
03:32 - Magnus's New Job Update
04:44 - Learn Leathercraft Updates
10:25 - Corporate Classes and Team Building
17:35 - Front Door vs. Back Door Business
22:29 - YouTube Returns After Four Years
26:23 - Preserving Leathercraft History
32:20 - Pricing by the Inch
37:52 - Finite vs. Infinite Games
42:17 - Success Is a River, Not a Pie

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HOSTS:
Odin Clack - https://www.instagram.com/odinleather
Michael Magnus - https://www.instagram.com/magnusopus

Beyond the Workbench casually dives into the world of leathercraft, entrepreneurship, and modern maker life. Hosted by Odin Clack (full-time leatherworker and retail owner) and Michael Magnus (leather marketing expert and founder of www.learnleathercraft.com), we explore everything from personal project updates to marketing strategies, retail challenges, and the business side of making.

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